Presented at the 4th Global Infrastructure Basel Summit 21 & 22 May 2014. Read more at www.gib-foundation.org.
Next Summit: 27 & 28 May 2015 in Switzerland
2. Guiding Principles for Sustainable
Infrastructure
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• Promote sustainable development to assure that
– ensure that all activities are environmentally sound, socially desirable, economically viable,
and in compliance with applicable law;
– ensure that multi-stakeholder processes for the resolution of conflicts are in place.
• Assure equitable participatory processes to implement that
– there is adequate stakeholder participation in the critical stages of the project;
– there are stable, reliable and equitable partnership based on mutual trust and respect;
– all consumers (men and women) will be actively informed about the sustainable infrastructure
and the ensuing services;
– all consumers (domestic, governmental, industrial) are treated equitably and have easy, non-
discriminatory access to independent consumer rights offices assuring equitable treatment of
complaints and prejudices due to non-compliance;
– workers’ rights are respected.
• Assure that the sustainable infrastructure and services that are safe and affordable
for all parts of the population.
3. The 10 Principles
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• Based on the guiding principles, we have derived the following ten
themes, which we can easily demonstrate that they clearly affect
the performance of sustainable infrastructure projects and their
governance:
– Accountability
– Transparency
– Customer Focus
– Results Orientation
– Poverty Responsiveness
– Power-Balanced Partnerships
– Shared Incentives
– Sound Financing Mechanisms
– Proactive Risk Management
– Resource Protection
7. Comparing with GIB Assessment
Ottawa Light Rail Transit
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42% of questions of the GIB assessment answered based on the business case on
the Ottawa Light Rail Transit HBS case
8. Comparing with GIB Assessment
TransMilenio, Bogota
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27% of questions of the GIB assessment answered based on the business case on
the TransMilenio HKS case
12. Comparing with GIB Assessment
Result: Ottawa Light Rail Project
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Themes Best Practise Low Performance
Accountability Clear organisational setup, Enforcement of regulations, Traceable
contract awards
Transparency Public access to information, Level of financial transparency, Level of
transparency of service delivery, Level of transparency in contract
preparation and negotiation, Communication of consultation with
stakeholders
Customer Focus
Results Orientation Effectiveness to achieve targets
Poverty Responsiveness Poverty impact assessment
Power-Balanced Partnerships Stakeholder interaction, Balance between contracting parties when
contracting out services
Shared Incentives Explicit future development
Sound Financial Mechanisms Knowledge of real cost structure, Cost recovery, Economic viability of
tariff structure, Controlled financial liability impact
Proactive Risk Management Risk culture, Investigation of risk landscape, Risk mitigation and
allocation
Resource Protection Quantitative monitoring of resources, Environmental considerations for
investment priorities, Demand-side resource conservation,
Environmental aspects in development of sustainable infrastructure
14. Comparing with GIB Assessment
Result: TransMilenio, Bogota
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Themes Best Practise Low Performance
Accountability Clear organisational setup Existing rules for sustainable infrastructure,
Enforcement of regulations
Transparency Level of transparency in contract
preparation and negotiation
Public access to information, Effective
communication, Level of financial transparency
Customer Focus Procedures for continuous improvement
Results Orientation
Poverty Responsiveness
Power-Balanced Partnerships Stakeholder conflict management
Shared Incentives Incentives for result orientation
Sound Financial Mechanisms Revenue collection efficiency Cost Recovery
Proactive Risk Management Provisions for unanticipated risks
Resource Protection Demand-side resource conservation
15. Insights and Best Practises
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• Sustainable lifestyles can only be developed if the infrastructure makes choices available that
support these objectives.
• But confronting these challenges of climate change mitigation and adaptation, resource scarcity
and energy security will require massive investment in the fundamental reconfiguration of the
infrastructure that supports modern society.
• This implies that every infrastructure that will be developed has to comply with sustainability
characteristics and this for all aspects of sustainability: social, environment, and economic.
• Our experience shows clearly that not achieving such compliance will result in important risks for
infrastructure projects, like costs for non-compliance, delays in project implementation or use of
infrastructure, difficulty to assure project financing, and finally discontinuation of the project.
• During the conference, we will deepen many of the mentioned topics, like:
– sustainable transportation, today at 14:00;
– increasing credit worthiness, today at 16:00;
– sustainable infrastructure as an asset class, tomorrow at 9:00;
– sustainability grading, tomorrow at 11:00;
– sustainable credit rating, tomorrow at 13:00.
Notas do Editor
Im Programm stehen wir mit dem Titel: Financing Infrastructure towards sustainable consumption. Sollen sie das im Programm anpassen?
Why a grading and self-evaluation system?
When we look at current and past Sustainable Infrastructure projects, we can easily see that there are recurring challenges.
These are:
Unmanaged or underestimated risks
Challenges in financing
Community involvement and acceptance
Hence the GEB grading and self-evaluation approach helps to:
Facilitate financing by giving a common language and understanding of project quality between project developers, general entrepreneurs, and the financers
Reduce risks for all stakeholders by making them visible early on and hence allow to address them in an appropriate fashion
Reduce intrinsic operational risks to the project leaders by allowing them to have a common and inclusive approach assuring support of all stakeholders
Why a grading and self-evaluation system?
When we look at current and past Sustainable Infrastructure projects, we can easily see that there are recurring challenges.
These are:
Unmanaged or underestimated risks
Challenges in financing
Community involvement and acceptance
Hence the GEB grading and self-evaluation approach helps to:
Facilitate financing by giving a common language and understanding of project quality between project developers, general entrepreneurs, and the financers
Reduce risks for all stakeholders by making them visible early on and hence allow to address them in an appropriate fashion
Reduce intrinsic operational risks to the project leaders by allowing them to have a common and inclusive approach assuring support of all stakeholders